6-month Tg.rasH2 mouse and 2-year rat: negative for drug-induced tumors
“The carcinogenic potential of zuranolone was tested in a 6-month Tg.rasH2 transgenic mouse assay and in a 2-year rat carcinogenicity study. Both studies were adequately conducted and, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) statistical analyses, negative for drug-induced tumors.”
Not reported in the public reviews. Reviewers summarise selectively, so this usually means it wasn't discussed publicly, not that it wasn't studied.
Instead of genotoxicity
Not stated in public reviews
Not reported in the public reviews. Reviewers summarise selectively, so this usually means it wasn't discussed publicly, not that it wasn't studied.
DRG histopathology
Not stated in public reviews
Not reported in the public reviews. Reviewers summarise selectively, so this usually means it wasn't discussed publicly, not that it wasn't studied.
Reproductive & developmental
Rat EFD: malformations (exencephaly, tail, eye lens, vertebral/rib) at the high dose
“Malformations were observed in 10 HD pups (5 litters): exencephaly (1 fetus), absent tail (2 littermates), short thread-like tail and/or malformation of the sacral and caudal vertebrae (2 littermates), umbilical hernia and depressed eye bulges (1 fetus), absent or small lens of the eye (2 littermates) and vertebral/rib malformations (2 littermates).”
Full CNS, cardiovascular, respiratory and ion-channel battery; hERG IC20 2.43 µM, ~10x human Cmax
“A complete battery of safety pharmacology studies (CNS, cardiovascular, respiratory, hERG channel, and cardiac ion channel assays) was conducted. In the in vitro hERG assay, the IC20 for inhibition by zuranolone was 2.43µM, which is approximately 10 times the human steady-state maximum plasma concentration (Cmax).”
“The carcinogenic potential of zuranolone was tested in a 6-month Tg.rasH2 transgenic mouse assay and in a 2-year rat carcinogenicity study. Both studies were adequately conducted and, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) statistical analyses, negative for drug-induced tumors.”
6-month Tg.rasH2 mouse and 2-year rat studies completed before the marketing application; both negative
“The carcinogenic potential of zuranolone was tested in a 6-month Tg.rasH2 transgenic mouse assay and in a 2-year rat carcinogenicity study. Both studies were adequately conducted and, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) statistical analyses, negative for drug-induced tumors.”
No significant hERG inhibition at 3 µM (23%), above clinical Cmax
“Nevertheless, at the highest concentration evaluated (3 µM) no significant hERG channel inhibition was observed (23%), while this was sufficiently higher than the clinical Cmax.”
Not genotoxic overall: Ames negative; in vitro chromosome aberration positive without (not with) metabolic activation; rat micronucleus and comet negative